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Located on 800 acres of wooded land including a 200 acre lake, the site
for the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary was
chosen by Cardinal George Mundelein (1872-1939) for its natural beauty
and peaceful location. Students enjoy hiking, boating and fishing, while
the culturally rich downtowns of Chicago and Milwaukee remain easily
accessible by car and train.
The
Chapel of the Immaculate Conception is the home of the
Institute's liturgical life. Modeled on an 18th-century
Congregational Church in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the chapel has a splendid
interior and excellent musical acoustics. The Liturgical Institute shares the University's Feehan Memorial
Library which is modeled on the Barberini Palace Library in Rome. The
library is noted for strengths in the fields of systematic
theology, patristics, and church history, and has recently been
improved by the completion of the McEssy Theological Resource Center,
the first building added to the campus since 1934. By combining the
library's own holdings with the interlibrary loan system of the
Association of Chicago Theological Schools, an ecumenical consortium of
ten seminaries, students have access to two million books and five
thousand periodical titles.
A gymnasium with facilities for basketball, racquetball, handball, and
indoor swimming is available to the University community, as are courts
for soccer, baseball, and tennis. An eighteen-hole golf course is
available on a limited basis without charge to students and faculty. A two and one half
mile private road rings Saint Mary's Lake and provides an excellent venue
for jogging and hiking.
Room
and board facilities,
including a single room with private bathroom, are available for single
students. Rooms are air-conditioned for the summer quarters. A common room
with full kitchen facilities is also available for student use. Full meal services are available to
on-campus residents. Partial meal plans are available to off-campus
students.
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